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No. 833,269.' l PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906.

' A. L. WEIS.

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APPLICATION FILED 001.219. 1903.

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1H: Namzrs Perlas ca., wAsmNafcN. n. c,

l PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906. A. L. AWBIS.

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APPLIGATION FILED 001.219. 1903.

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witnesses) UNITED lSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW L. WEIS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSlGNOR TO THE WELS BINDER COMPANY, OFTOLEDO, OHIO.

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Application filed October 19.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

1908. Serial No. 177.624.

To au whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW L. Weis, a citizen of the United States,residin Y at To? ledo, in the county of Lucas and tate of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Files; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to wliicliitappertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which pivotally or flexibl 55 as at 6, by means of strips of c lothliied to the niar iris of the ends and sides. he sides and en s may besecured in rectanform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an indexed or numbered case foriiling letters,catalogues tariffs, orders, invoices, and other papers an documents, andis designed to furnish a cheap, simple, durable, and convenient devicefor the purposes mentioned which may be folded and packed into smallspace for storage and shipment, in which the papers contained in thefile, regardless of their number, are held constantly in u right orvertical position and readily accessilile, and in which the alphabeticalor numerical divisions of the case may be adjusted to any desired caacity. I attain these objects by means of the (Ifevices and arran ementof zarts hereinafter described an shown, an f illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical sectionalelevation of my filing-case assembled ready for use; Fig. 2, a l' dieelevation of my case knocked down for storage or transportation; Fi 3, aperspective view of the guidewire an its holder, hereinafter referredto, detached, part of the holder being broken away; Fig. 4, a centralvertical sectional elevation of m case, taken at a right angle to theview in `ig. 1; and Fig 5 a diagrammatic top planl view of the sides andends of my case lpartly folded.

Li e numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the drawin Inthe drawings, 1 1 are tlii ends, 2 2 the sides, 3 the to and 4 thebottom, of my case. In practice I ave constructed these parts of stoutstrawboards reinforced Iat the 'oints and corners with cloth. The tophas a ange 3, which fits over the to margin of the case, andthe bottomhas a iiange 4, which receives the bottom mar in of the case. Each ofthe sides 2 2 in divi: ed vertically into two' gular relation by meansof staples or fasteners 7, passing through the bottom rim 4- and throughthe bottoni margin of the folding side pieces 2, the staples being`clenched on tlie inside of the case as indicated in Fig. 1. A staple 7passes tlirou 1h each of the fourfolding side pieces, and w en thesestaples are secured to the upwardly-projecting rim 4 the sides and endsare firmly held open in rectangular relation.

8 8 are two guide-wires or slide-wires extending between the ends nearthe bottom of the box. These slides 8 are detachably secured in positionas follows: A thin stri of sheet ineta19 is doubled lengthwise, asilllustrated in Fie. 3, and is provided with holes, as at 10. Tlie endsof a stifi' wire 8, bent int-o U shape, as illustrated in Fig. 3, are'passed through the holes l0, so that the connecting 'portion of the twowires lies between the` two sides of the doubled stri' 9. ll is a smalllight block of wood glue to one end of the box at its bottom and midwayof its width. In this block are two holes or sockets 12, coincidin withthe holes 10. The bottom of the en wall opposite the block 12 is slippedinto the groove of the piece 9, as illustrated in Fig. l, holding thepiece 9 firmly in position, and at the same time the extremities of thewires 8 are slipped into the holes 12 of the block 11, and thus theguide-wires or slide wires 8 8 are secured at opposite ends slightlyabove the bottom box.

13 13 are sheets of stout stiff pa er having at bottom two holes throughwhic i the wires 8 8 pass. These papers may be divided into alphabeticalor numerical or other divisions by securingr to the up er margin of thesheets at suitab e interva s indicatiii f-tabs 14, which mark the groupsinto wliic i the sheets 13 are divided.

equal parte the meeting edges of which are 15 is e. stout binders boarddoubled at its middle into inverted-V shape, each of the two extremitieshaving two holes therethrough, through which holes pass the wires 8 8.

When my filing-case is packed for shi ment, the leaves V13 are laidflatwise in tfie bottom of the box. 'lhe sides and ends are folded flatin parallel relation, as indicated in Fig. 5, and laid upon the top ofthe folded leaves. The wire 8, piece 9, and piece 15, together with theclips, are laid u on the top of the folded ends and sides, and) thecover is placed with the marirn of its downwardlyturned rim against tiemargin of the u.- wardly-turneiv rim of the bottom. Tie parts thusassembled are of the thickness merely of the top and bottom takentogether and form a flat compact. package. lWhen the case is to be setup for use, the ends of the wires 8 8 are passed through the holes 10 inthe piece 9 and through the piece 15, the sheets 13 are strung onto theends of the wires, the sides and ends are 'o ened into rectangularposition and the en( s of the wires are inserted into the holes 12 inthe block 11, the bottom of the opposite end of the box is slipped intothe groove of the bent piece 9, the bottom of the sides and ends isslipped into the upturned flange of the bottom, thel folding parts ofthe sides are connected with the flange of the bottom by means of thefasteners 7, and the cover is put in lace. The device is now ready foruse.

3y slipping the two legs of the part 15 toward the sheets 13 the latterare held in compact form and vertical, or nearly so. As papers are filedbetween the lettered and numbered sheets 13 and as their bulk increasesthe part l5 is moved back from time to time, as occasion may demand,until the box is full. It will be seen that the horizontal adjustabilityof the part 15 provides for always keeping the papers in compact formand in upright position, so that the files may at any point be readilyreached and inspected.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

npturned rim ada 1. In a filing-case, sides and ends which flexiblyconnected together and adapted fold-in parallel relation, a bottomhaving ted to receive the bott margin of the si( es and ends, said bottmargin of the sides and ends and said turned rim having aperturestherethroi for fastening devices, and means for det: ably7 securing thebottom margin of the si and ends to said upturncd rim through sapertures.

2. A filing-case comprising in its const tion ends, 4sides which arecentrally vertic divided, fiexible connections between meeting marginsof the divided porti flexible connections between the outer v calmargins of the divided portions and vertical margins of the ends, abottom ing an upturned rim, means for detach engaging the said rim withthe bottom o vertical walls of the case, removable sep: ing-sheetsslidably secured within the and means slidabl secured within the forsupporting sai( sheets in adjusted right osition. v

3. iii a filin ,-case, a bottom having a: wardlyturnec rim, a removabletop h1 a downwardly-turned rim, sides and adapted to be folded intoparallel rel: a series of dividing-sheets in the box, r for slidablysupporting said dividing-s within the box 1n upright position, com withmeans for detachably fastening th tom margins of the sides and ends totl turned rim of the bottom, the dimensii said folding sides, ends,sheets, supp` means and fastening devices being suc they may becollectively inclosed with space bounded by the meeting rims of t andbottom.

In testimony whereof I affix my sigi in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW L. Wl

Witnesses:

H. J. SUILLENDEN, S. A. DoaLANn.

